Highlights past Long Nab today included a juvenile Honey Buzzard, 95 Pink-footed Geese, 23 Swifts, 2610 House Martins, 30 Sand Martins, 770 Swallows, 2785 Meadow Pipits, 135 Siskins. Three Green Sandpipers at Harwood Dale Lake. A juvenile Cuckoo in Burniston village. A Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 7 Gadwall and Wheatear at Wykeham East Lake. Other southbound skeins of Pink-footed Geese included 40 over Crossgates, 24 over West Ayton, 17 over Staintondale, 57 over Oliver's Mount, 63 over Ravenscar, 100 over Ox-Pasture, and an unseen skein over the town at night. Two Swifts feeding over Johnson's Marsh. A Goosander off Scalby Mills/Ness, and Whimbrel heard there. Three Litttle Egrets in the Brompton area. A redhead Goosander south past Yons Nab and a drake over Gristhorpe village. Two Wheatears at Scalby Lodge, Knot and Dunlin in Jackson's Bay.
